$25,000 Pyramid - WHOA WHOA NO NO NO NO (Oct. 13, 1982)
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From the fourth week of The $25,000 Pyramid. Dick Clark's gonna make sure Charlie Siebert KNOWS that Nancy Simms didn't win $10,000.
She did get $25,000 in her second attempt at the winner’s circle.
This is my favorite game show of all time. Loved Dick Clark in it, too.
Mine too!
This was my close second to original Password with Allen Ludden
Loved Pyramid and Dick Clark. Just like with The Price is Right and Bob Barker, Dick Clark et al. were there for us kids during sick days or in the hot summer days. Professional and cared for the contestants.
what a personality !!
@@carrang-r9w He was just a game show host, not the Secretary General of the United Nations.
I love how the board operator sheepishly turns the "Spicy Foods" category back after Dick reveals that they lost. 😂
First he turned the box to the triangle side, then he turned it to the subject side, then he turned it back to the triangle side
😂😂
Much as I've never been a huge fan of Pyramid, Dick Clark hosting it always made it more watchable for me. Of all the difficult tasks an emcee has to do, I've no doubt that denying her that huge win, and others for similar reasons, had to be one of the most difficult parts of hosting this game. I believe Dick handled this as well as could be expected. Most hosts today would not have even cared enough to pay attention to what was being said, let alone making such a difficult decision on the spot like that. Dick was always about the integrity of the game, always. There will never be another like him.
Dick Clark remembered the game show scandals of the 50s and 60s. By the time this show was produced, every network had a Standards and Practices Department. Since Dick Clark was not only the executive producer, but his company was the distributor, if the network said "nope, this was a rules violation and can't be broadcast" he might've lost up to a week's worth of shows subsequently taped (since the winners then kept coming back for up to 5 shows if they continued winning). I hope I'm being clear. Basically, he had a lot of money riding on the rules being followed. He called out the "judges" on more than one occasion.
That's what makes a great host.
@@jasonconley5744 Dick Clark was neither the Executive Producer nor the distributor of Pyramid.
Even if Dick Clark didn't have a stake in this from a business/host paycheck standpoint, you can tell he always felt for the contestant when they had to break bad news post winner's circle that they did not get the grand prize money. I think more than anything that was the great thing about Dick Clark, he was witty, he knew how to have fun (especially those Bloopers specials), but also he was a human and felt bad when bad things happened.
i don't think i'd been so much into it as i was if there weren't celebrities in it though i don't understand why there're, they don't win anything as far as i know
Just saw that Siebert passed away last month from COVID. R.I.P. you were an excellent player for pyramid…
It's so hard under pressure with the clock ticking. My mom won on the show in the 1970's and she always says it's so different being under pressure--your mind can go in a million different places. BUT--for spicy foods, of course it should have been specific foods, not cuisines, that are spicy. Tamales, jalapeños, curry, peppers, sriracha, tabasco. But that's sitting on my computer, thinking with no pressure.
If you were on stage though, with multiple lights shined on you, and/or cameras pointed directly at you… Totally different story.
First word that would have popped in my head - Jalepenos.
Wasabi, Thai, Cajun.
Wow. What was that like for her? How much did she win? Who was the celebrity she was there in the WC with? What was Dick Clark like? Sorry. Just curious.
Charles Siebert...one of the better players on this show, IMO.
Agree!
@@m.e.d.7997 RIP, Charles Siebert.
Thank you for the kind words about my dad! I think about him and miss him every day.
@@ChrisSiebertMusicTV Very sorry for your loss… THANK YOU for taking the time to reply. Your father set such an excellent standard for others to follow.
@@bloke_19xx33 Thank you. He was a wonderful father with a brilliant mind. His appearances on the Pyramid can give one an idea of how good he was at playing trivial pursuit or guessing the answers to Jeopardy!
She was a brilliant player too.
RIP Richard Augustus Wagstaff "Dick" Clark 1929-2012
For THINGS THAT REPEAT...."This clue....this clue....this clue....this clue....this clue...."
I thought of a broken record.
a syndicated tv show
An echo.
spicy food
@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 - The irony would have been amazing.
I went to several tapings of the show in NYC back in the late 70's. For a young person at the time, it was so exciting. They would tape a week's worth of shows on a Monday. Dick Clark would explain to the audience that after finishing for the day, he would fly back to LA for the week.
The contestant shrieks "WHAAT" in half celebration/half bewilderment. Hilarious WHAAT
"Rockettes" was genius.
“But she NEEDS it!” 😂😂😂
Charlie Siebert seemed like one of the nicest celebrities, and he was an unbelievable game player.
I remember this episode. With only a few seconds left, it almost wasn't going to happen. Nancy later came back to the Winner's Circle with Betty and won $25,000.
I thought you had to win the first one at $10,000 and come back the second time to win $25,000. If one episode has 2 different winners, each would’ve only played for $10,000
@@Malkumecks No, the 1st attempt tried for $10,000.If the same player going back to the BR, then it's worth $25,000, if one of each wins a front game, it's $10,000
@@nextbarker2702 Exactly. In other words if the game 1 winner won $10,000 and that same player got into the Winner's Circle a second time and won again, they would get $15,000 more, for a grand total of $25,000. If you played it twice in the same show, regardless of the outcome of the first Winner's Circle round, you played for $25,000 total.
I think they may have won had it not been for Dick Clark saying, "Hurry Charles Hurry!" at 0:58, causing Charles Siebert to panic and give the illegal clue of "foods with paprika"
He says hurry almost every time when they start/go back to the last clue and less than 10 seconds. They get it better than half the time left.
Great point!
I haven't seen Strahan do that yet!
It really irks me when I see or hear the host interfering in any way that might affect the outcome of the game. Bert Convy was pretty famous for doing that on Super Password. Just couldn't keep his yap shut like he was supposed to.
Although it may help, Dick loses by cheerleading. No longer neutral. Intention may be good, but he's a host. Definitely not a cheerleader or coach. His interruptions can throw someone off, which works against his goal. (have as many win within the rules)
Agree. I feel like Clark saying "hurry" here caused Siebert to get anxious, and it was over. Clark was always trying to be helpful here, and not be an antagonist. It just didn't work out here. I've watched this episode now a few times in succession, but the only thing I could think of saying is "jalepeno" or "chilli". Siebert tried naming cultures with spicy food, but I don't think those were the best clues. He's at fault, and should pay this woman $10,000. Kidding of course.
He did not say “foods” which is the clue, in her defense, he said “food”.
Two different words.
It amazing she got ‘things that repeat’. That’s the toughest one there.
I would’ve said “A stutterer, a broken record, Foghorn Leghorn”
@@HailCostanza or better yet: a broken record, a broken record, a stutterer, a stutterer,
A chorus of a song.
@@bmoshareholderappleshareho855 No. That's too much description. Can't say "x of a y." "A song's chorus" would have been acceptable.
@@marcpower4167 I would have said a tv show in the summer.
0:59 = he should've been buzzed INSTANTLY there, since he said "hungarian food" and the clue was "Spicy FOODS" -- so even if he hadn't have said the "foods with paprika" part, he still would've been disqualified....the judges were definitely asleep at the wheel here :(
DJMichaelAngelo good thing they are asleep.
She already said foods
Hot wings.
DJMichaelAngelo You are exactly right. He also should have been taken out back and beaten up by a couple of heavies for not being able to think of any spicy foods. These people live in California, FFS. They put jalapeños on everything!
G$8605 (buzz) Hot is a synonym for spicy. Buffalo wings would work.
Give me a chance to add all this up and we'll be right back. LOL
A Rockette!! Such a GOLDEN clue!!
He said "Hungarian food" at the 7-second mark. Game over!
I'm going to have to check out some Hungarian food now.
Holy crap. The winner music plays, the board lights up, the audience is applauding, all the money is there and NO NO NO...wow. Ugh! Charlie knew he'd given a bad clue--you can see the disappointed look on his face at 1:03 when they tried to give it to her, and also after he mentioned he said "Hungarian Food."
Pyrotech56 the biggest WTF moment there. Thanks a lot, Dick Clark!
RUclipsrman The thing is, that Dick Clark's call was correct. It was the people who made that winner ding were wrong. The clue was illegal, and only Clark saw it.
@@NguyenCaoThang1504 Dick did right. No diff than a ref who calls holding nixing a great long bomb last second play in the SB.
@@bernieudo4399 Or an umpire calling out a runner on a home run who missed one of the bases (which happens on an appeal play).
The judge was clearly half-asleep in missing not one, but TWO blatantly illegal clues in quick succession there, Dick sharp as a tack as always.
Yes, he was right in that the clue was wrong...it is the way he handled it - awful.
The way dick handled it was quite acceptable in the heat of the moment, the judge missed zapping it. And it wouldn't have been fair to the contestant, to let them think they won, when the celeb goofed. So dick handling it the way he did was good, it's just sad the judge was asleep at the wheel.
What were the 2 clues?
@@marcweissman5752 He said "Hungarian Food," which in itself would be an illegal cue because he said "Food."
He then said "Food with paprika," which is illegal because it was too descriptive MAD because he again said "Food."
@@DXKramer tx
The spicy foods one was easy, all he had to do was just start listing a bunch of hot peppers, jalapeno peppers, habanero peppers, etc. She would have certainly said the keyword 'spicy'.
Habanero peppers were not on the market in 1982
What about burritos?
Gumbo.
Jambalaya.
Cajun rice
It’s too easy to second-guess these players, when you are in the winner circle and there is constant pressure on you to deliver
Habanero peppers were part of a craze of the late '90s. Most people didn't eat them in 1982, because they weren't crazy. but yeah, you could have said "jalapenos, burritos with hot sauce"
Great show !!
I realized it was an illegal clue as soon as he said it. Of course sitting in the comfort of my living room, I knew the perfect clue was "chili peppers". 🤷♂️
Well, better to let her know right then instead of having to wait until after the commercial break! It happens though when people get caught in the trap of the Winner's Circle.
I get why Dick did it...he had a responsibility to adhere to standards and practices...
Standards and Practices on TV is just another term for Bullshit.
That and he was afraid, they'd have to go back later and the $10,000 away from her after her celebration which would have been devastating for everyone involved. For instance, look for the clip from the Davidson era where the contestant said things that stick and started celebrating only to be denied 100k because it was things that stick OUT.....and John just sat there.
Dude, standards and practices have been around since after the Game Show scandals of the 50s. There's a reason they're there, and there's a reason why they must be adhered to.
Dude, Standards and Practices is primarily a euphemism for Censorship and most, if not all, the censors go too far.
American television would be much more entertaining without the uptight, holier-than-thou nannies who ruin most of the programming.
HansDelbruck53 are you on something? Standards and practices is not censorship. S&P are the people who monitor game shows to make sure they adhere to the proper protocols for being on the air. Ever since the quiz show scandals, they have been there to make sure people don't cheat. Dunno where you got they are involved with censorship, but that is really wrong.
I never liked the clapping in between the correct categories. I feel like it slows them down and disrupts the tempo.
Would just saying paprika have worked? It's a spice but it has calories and some nutritional value. While I wouldn't eat it directly out of the jar, maybe some people do.
Yes.
Unless it was a "What ____ says" you could not use prepositions or anything synonymous with the main word.
Paprika, Paprika seasoning, Paprika seasoned cooking would have been fine.
Those glowing, red "pyramids" in the background were EVERYTHING... 😍😍😍
He also said Hungarian Food, along with foods with paprika. So a double buzz.
Dick did the right thing here. This show always reviewed things during commercial break and it would have been much more heartbreaking to think you won the money and being told you didn't (and that did happen a few times on this show).
And this is the thing that is missing from the current prime time edition of Pyramid. Since everything is so self-contained, and there are no repeat players within the half hour they have for each segment, there is no time to question a win or anything like that. And sometimes, that is the thing that made Pyramid Pyramid.
But that was Dick's signature move! Him & Vince McMahon's grandfather.
Charlie was my favorite Pyramid celeb. May he rest in peace.
You have a favourite “Pyramid celeb”? 😳
He said hungarian food and food with paprika--the subject wasn't things that are spicy but spicy foods so he said part of the clue
"Food" was the essence of the answer. The judge should've sounded the buzzer right away, but apparently he was sleeping on the job
Dick was such a great host on this show.
John Davidson hosted this show too
He was a dork. And he was worse on American Bandstand.
It was truly one of the best game shows ever
@@citygirl5705 Dick was hugely popular back in the day
@@m.e.d.7997 He was terrible at interviewing on Bandstand. Much better on Pyramid.
The bell is different. That bell was used for the older Pyramid when the entire set was blue
1:04-1:08 *"Pyramid"* be like "YAAAY!! YOU WIN!! YAAAA--WAAIT, wait, $#!%, my bad..." 🔺️😬
That's a tough one. Fantastic clues though. Stutterer? Rocket's? Nice.
I like it when Dick puts his hand up and says "No no no no no" and stops the applause
Wow five days from my 18th birthday. Life was good.
Never celebrate too early
0:30 - Let me guess, hot sauce and jalapeño peppers!
Hot sauce might have gotten buzzed since Hot is a synonym for spicy. Sriracha sauce, Tabasco sauce would have been acceptable.
OUCH!!! That had to hurr in a big-time way!!!
They were so strict back in the 80s. In today's Pyramid, they let a lot slide. In today's pyramid they could say, Things that are hot and rhymes with 'dicey'
Interesting that it was easier to turn the TV sets around than to change the pictures on them.
@@wizardsuth They’re just lighted cubes.
A lot of stage production even in the 80s were physically structured pieces. The things we can do with electronic displays now were science fiction back then.
I wish the official rule book for this show detailing what is and what isn't an acceptable clue or response was published online somewhere.
The answer to that is Merriam-Webster.
To me the key word was spicy, not foods, anyway. Since they awarded it to her by mistake they should have given it to her automatically.
Dick Clark didn't want another "Famous Losers" conspiracy there.
There's a difference between clues that are simply wrong and clues that are illegal. For example, one subject once was "Canadian Provinces" and the guy said "Toronto" - a city but not a province. There's nothing that says a clue has to be CORRECT to be legal, and so the clue was allowed. An illegal clue would be as follows: one subject once was "Things in a Flea Market" and the woman said "a dog's bugs" - a dog's bugs ARE fleas but you don't find them in a flea market so it was buzzed.
A perfect example of a creative LEGAL clue was the famous "magnets attract" incident where the subject was "Attractive Things". The woman gave the clue "magnets" and was buzzed. After the commercial, the judges later determined that since magnets attract, they CAN in fact be said to be "attractive" by the definition of the word and they gave the contestant credit for a right answer.
Jason Spector - Also, in 1991, Audrey Landers was buzzed for offering "The White House" as a clue for "People in Washington, DC", since the WH isn't a person.
Jason Spector: I don't get it. The Toronto clue was wrong, but it was legal; the Dog's Bugs was wrong, but it's illegal? What's the difference?
Chuch D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse I have seen an episode where a person got buzzed on the Ten Commandments. That is, they wanted the commanments themselves, and not things assoicated with like Moses, or the Stone Tablets.
@@BobLbrmn "A dog's bugs" to prompt the partner to say "fleas" is acceptable in the main round, where they describe things. In the Winner's Circle, it crosses the line of "no descriptions, only a list". At any rate, that statement is consistent with many other calls made by the judges over the years.
I love the Winners Circle phase but man alive, the really did NOT like prepositional phrases in that part of the game. On another episode Dick says "The road's center" would be acceptable but "The center of the road," wouldn't. What's the semantic difference?
"The center of the road" is allowed up front, where you're describing words. When you get to the Winners' Circle, however, you have to list things, and not use prepositions, and "of" is a preposition, so you have to say "the road's center."
Why did he not list spicy foods? Jalapeño peppers, hot sauce, tobasco
I thought as long as you didn't say any of the phrase "spicy food" your fine. Don't know why the clue should of been wrong.
For "things that repeat", a good clue would have been a "skipping record".
Or MAGA stupidity.
He should have been buzzed much earlier. He was going beyond just listing.
Asleep at the wheel!! Does anyone remember the all-time worst example of this on a $100,000 Pyramid episode when naming "Things You Mix" Barbara Feldon said "chemicals together" and the judge allowed it for a $100,000 win?
Wow what a memory you have...it became an episode that was not reshown. It was the Bill Cullen hosted version of The $25,000 Pyramid 1974-1975 season with Barbara Feldon and Rob Reiner. Initially the buzzer sounded very briefly and they would have been disqualified but it was allowed for $25,000 and the celebration continued uninterrupted. Funny as hell.
The 70s version was not as polished or as strict. By the time they got to the 80s, they had the rules down pat.
Did he just say things with paprika... and she said SPICY???
1:03 WHOA! NO! NO!
Damn dude from Trapper John MD (forget his name) ANY PEPPER, JALOPENO PEPPERS!! WTF??
Charles Siebert; that's who you're looking for.
Peppers, chili, curry, hot sauce, radishes, onions.
@@su-rv2uq Not hot sauce. See the discussion prior to this.
I would think that the fact that she said food after his first clue, she already had foods.
Dick Clark - the GOAT
I never understood why they accepted "what ballerinas wear" for Things Used in Ballet. I thought the contestant had to state the key word of the subject (or an alternate, if provided). Ballet and ballerina are not the same thing.
What's wrong with the "food with paprika" clue?
Foods was part of the category name, and you're not allowed to use any words from the category name in a clue.
I think paprika was under boycott at the time, and the show’s producers didn’t want controversy or government oversight.
All he had to say was jalapenos, curry, etc.
I would have said salsa and wasabi.
Kimchi
No one knew wasabi back then.
hot sauce, chili peppers, ghost peppers, sriracha
I've always been confused by this one. Did Dick find fault in that his clue was a preposition? Or that he used the word food in two of his clues.
It was the word food, as that was part of the category name. Clues cannot have any words that are used in the category name.
How did she get "what miss America would say" ?? Stutterer was a great clue.
Pageants were a lot more celebrated back then and part of the lexicon of thought and ultimate perceived beauty.
They were sticklers on this show, but they had to be. It was a great show.
Weirdly the judges would be sticklers about some things in the Winners Circle and not others. One of my favorite bonus round formats, nevertheless, definitely a very different game than the earlier rounds.
Nowadays they would've just given it to them. 🤣
In the 2nd Winners' Circle later thay day, Nancy was paired up with Betty White, and when she got the last subject with 13 seconds left, she was not sure if she won the $25k, largely because of the first round. Nancy wanted to make sure, and she got the $25000, nonetheless.
They should’ve just given her the money. It was obviously the judges fault for not buzzing them on time. Dick said it himself that it was a delayed reaction for the illegal clue.
I did not get it at first until I listened to the "double whammy" (foods with paprika) clue.
He said Hungarian FOOD before that as well. DQ
I didn't think paprika was particularly spicy. I thought it was more of a garnish.
If he said a specific Hungarian food, would have been ok.
1:15 (buzz) That would've been unacceptable
Dick Clark the buzz kill😂
Would two-alarm chili been acceptable?
Yes.
Cajun crawfish
The five alarm chili yes, but don't know if the judge would've allowed Sriracha sauce. I don't think it was well known in the 80's at the time.
True but again, just going along the lines of the judge's thought on allowable clues. Sriracha sauce, could have gotten a zapper, same thing happened on another episode. Where the judge yes she was a lady, said i never heard of a tuna noodle casserole before. For types of casseroles, i think the subject was.
Why would "Sriracha sauce" or "tuna noodle casserole" get buzzed? Who cares whether the judge had ever heard of it before? The only thing that matters is that the clues are in the form of list items, and that none of the clues are part of the answers (obviously).
If the OTHER GUY S didn't scoop up these shows, CBS could be the ratings powerhouse during the daytime yet again since the TALK is leaving.
1:00 - 1:01 Oops! He said part of the answer. Twice. Definitely a no-no. No 10 grand in her future.
I miss, gaming. 🎮 📺
Dick sucked, "dick".
(Casey's top climax)
If Clark had just shut-up instead of screaming "hurry!" the guy wouldn't have panicked in the first place.
Loveable as he was and RIP, but Dick was such a nerd haha
I never understood the rules of why they can say "Food with paprika" in the first round but not in the final. Makes no sense. Hungarian food & food with paprika is linguistically the same. Its a descriptive adjective in front of a noun. Using the word with or in doesn't matter since Hungarian implies that its in the food.
That was always the rule of the show, from the very beginning. The main round gives descriptions, and the Winner's Circle gives a list. You can use adjectives in the WC, but using a preposition makes it descriptive, and they'll buzz it every time.
@@rivercrimea4849 Giving clues back then was treated the same way as when a lawyer can't lead a witness in a trial. Toady's pyramid might be a little more lenient.
well, looks like Dick had stock in this show. He made sure that mistake wasn't missed...ty Dick, the contestants surely said. sad.
Better than Bert Convy (Super Password).
The saddest thing is... he has every right to denounce their victory (as many comments above have said). It's just all in all, bad timing.
not sure but i think he said hungarian food fool of paprika. regardless he did say the word food which was part of the answer. BUT if I was a judge I probably wouldve given it to her on the fact that she said different foods the 1st time she tried to answer it and on the 2nd try she knew it was foods. its not like he didnt say a word she already said and knew what it was
When did they change from the bell to the "ding"? After this week?
Danika Sidoti It’s always weird when I hear the bell instead of the ding. Of course, they used the bell on the 70s version.
@Paul Davis, t's much easier thinking of clues at home no pressure and no big bucks at stake
Go to 1:31. Yip Yips "Raaaaydeeeyoo!!!"
Clue for spicy foods - chili peppers
1:21 The ding that time meant that Dick’s instinct was correct.
They won $850.
Always cracked me up that the judges would communicate with nothing but buzzers and bells. In retrospect it makes me think of the Frasier episode with the radio play, where the guy gets stage fright and his character becomes mute and can only ring a bell.
underrated food
I honestly don't understand what happened here.
What rule was broken….?
The rule about not using words from the category name in a clue. He said Foods twice.
The Golden Rule.
Bob Barker would have just given it to her anyway
I clearly do not know the rules of this game because I thought that once the receiver of the clues said one of the words in the puzzle, the clue Giver could then use that word. The first time through, he gave Clues, and she said the word Foods. Clearly I must be wrong about this because no correction was made, but that's the way I thought the rules worked on the show
Jeff Chick That rule does not apply in the Winner’s Circle. Word acceptability and clue rules are different in the two parts of the game.
@LittleRockElevators or your hips
@LittleRockElevators Keep watching- you will
Wait--Hungarian food is spicy?!? Who knew?
In stead of food, he could've said dishes.
Princess Diana haircut
I want an investigation
Dick Clark the Party Pooper!